It's a tough one. In fact, you can probably name a whole range of individual artists from the US that do meet those requirements, but no other country has produced legendary groups like the UK did... and still does! I guess Radiohead will soon be in that list, maybe Depeche Mode and some of the triphoppers that are still around, some of the younger britpop bands. What about Autechre, Orbital, Underworld.

Of course record sales do not tell you everything... but when I arrange this list so that only bands are in there you get something like this. It's a list of everything better than the Village People... (or UB40):

RANK

USA

UK(and some non-USA)

300 million or more

1

The Beatles

2

ABBA

3

Led Zeppelin

4

Queen

200 million to 299 million

5

Pink Floyd

6

AC/DC

7

The Rolling Stones

8

Bee Gees

150 million to 199 million

9

U2

10

Aerosmith

11

Genesis

120 million to 149 million

12

Backstreet Boys

13

Bon Jovi

14

Chicago

15

Eagles

16

Dire Straits

100 million to 119 million

17

The Carpenters

18

Depeche Mode

19

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

20

Guns ‘n Roses

21

The Jackson 5

22

Kiss

23

Metallica

24

Scorpions

25

The Who

75 million 99 million

26

Boney M.

27

B'z

28

The Doors

29

30

Eurythmics

31

Iron Maiden

32

Journey

33

50 million to 74 million

34

Ace of Base

35

A-ha

36

The Black Eyed Peas

37

Black Sabbath

38

Boyz II Men

39

Coldplay

40

Def Leppard

41

Destiny's Child

42

Dreams Come True

43

Duran Duran

44

Electric Light Orchestra

45

Green Day

46

Jethro Tull

47

Linkin Park

48

Mötley Crüe

49

Mr.Children

Mr.Children

50

New Kids on the Block

51

Nirvana

52

Oasis

53

Pearl Jam

54

Pet Shop Boys

55

The Police

56

Red Hot Chili Peppers

57

R.E.M.

58

Roxette

59

Sade

60

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

61

UB40

62

Village People

So the US comes in at number 10 with Aerosmith...
Music sociologists eat your heart out!